The answers to "What Does Agroecology Mean to Me?" is the subject of the poster published in Rooted Magazine's Issue 4 (April 2026), "Youth Leading the Way in Agroecology," developed in ENVS 280, "Socioecology of Biodiversity in Agroecology." This course was taught in Fall 2025 by Prof. Georgina Catacora-Vargas, a Fulbright Scholar in Residence in the Department of Environment. The poster features words and artistic expressions developed by students at Ithaca College’s Makerspace in response to the question. The poster also portrays the diversity, creativity, and, most importantly, the hope that agroecology can inspire. This piece also serves to raise awareness of the transformative capacity of agroecology to foresee healthier and more fair agricultural and food systems.
The students who participated in ENVS 280 and contributed to the content of the poster are:
- Amonette Sellers (Environmental Science, Class of ’26)
- Ari Kohn-Shepen (Advertising, Public Relations and Marketing Communications, Class of ’26)
- Bella Bastos (Film, Photography and Visual Arts, Class of ’26)
- Bridget Altland (Environmental Science, Class of ’26)
- Cat Murphy (Environmental Science, Class of ’27)
- Colden Chierchinella (Writing for Film, Television and Emerging Media, Class of ’27)
- Earn Lantzy (Environmental Science, Class of ’26)
- Grace Berlin (Environmental Science, Class of ’26)
- Katie Tobias (Environmental Science, Class of ’25)
- Katrina Hardy (Environmental Science, Class of ’27)
- Jonathan Vaile (Environmental Science, Class of ’26)
- Marshall Adams (Environmental Science, Class of ’27)
- Naveen Tomlinson (Violin Performance, Class of ’28)
- Niel Toscano (Business Finance, Class of ’25)
- Samson Brodtmann (Environmental Science, Class of ’26)
- Shay Mogge (Environmental Science, Class of ’27)
- Shota Lagvilava (Psychology, Class of ’28)
- Teagan Kiger (Environmental Science, Class of ’28)
